Intelligent Light’s Applied Research Group

'Advancing the State of the Art in Computational Fluid Dynamics and
Accelerating Customer Projects '

Dr. Earl P. N. Duque Heads Team of High Impact CFD and HPC Experts
to Deliver Solutions to the Toughest Challenges in Industry and
Research

Intelligent Light has expanded its reach and ability to help CFD
practitioners by establishing the Applied Research Group headed by
Dr. Earl P. N. Duque. The impact of the Applied Research Group is
already being felt on the leading edge of CFD and will advance the
state of the art in CFD for years to come. Beneficiaries of the
work include Intelligent Light customers, users of the FIELDVIEW
CFD post-processing software and the CFD community in general. The
group’s capabilities have already been demonstrated in its
collaborations and contracted efforts with a number of HPC users,
and through its contributions to the academic community via
research collaborations at leading universities and national
research laboratories.

“Our customers have looked to us for years to provide
expertise and custom development to support their individual
challenges and needs. The Applied Research Group (ARG) has been
formed to assist the world’s most demanding CFD practitioners
in industry and research,” said Steve Legensky, General
Manager at Intelligent Light. “This work will benefit
Intelligent Light customers and partners who have come to expect so
much from the steady, reliable development of the FIELDVIEW family
of CFD post-processing products.”

“We have embraced this opportunity to contribute at the
cutting edge of CFD with determination,” continues Legensky.
“In the mission of the ARG our customers’ success is
paramount. The structure allows us to contribute and participate in
CFD in roles that deliver hands-on experience with the real
problems faced in working environments. We have maintained a
structural separation that ensures that FIELDVIEW development
continues at full strength and is not affected by our research
activities and work on custom projects. This separation is
essential to delivering on our product commitments and ensuring the
continued quality and reliability of FIELDVIEW products that
thousands of customers worldwide depend on every day.”

Advancing the State of the Art in CFD and Speeding Implementation

The Applied Research Group is a team of CFD and computer science
experts who possess the experience and deep expertise required to
collaborate with leaders in CFD around the world. The extensive
list of researchers available to Dr. Duque makes for quick
deployment of resources to attack the most demanding short, medium
or long term project. The team is available to work on a contract
basis for customers and partners facing challenges that include the
development of new CFD methods & techniques, and effective
deployment of new features and technologies. The creation of the
group allows Intelligent Light to be highly responsive to customer
needs while protecting the integrity of FIELDVIEW software
development.

FIELDVIEW users are already utilizing the Applied Research Group to
solve cutting edge CFD problems and develop workflows that exploit
capabilities existing within their organization and within
FIELDVIEW products. At Solar Turbines (a subsidiary of
Caterpillar), the ARG is collaborating on the development of new
techniques in combustion modeling. At Proctor and Gamble, it is
developing improved workflow automation tools, while at
Bechtel/Bettis Atomic Laboratory, it has developed new data
management tools that promise to improve engineers’
productivity. All these contract funded projects make extensive use
of the FIELDVIEW product line and the expertise available through
Dr. Duque's research staff of practicing CFD experts and computer
scientists.

Dr. Duque and his colleagues continue to develop new computational
methods and post processing techniques that lead the research
fields, especially in computational aero-mechanics and
aero-acoustics of vertical lift aircraft and wind turbines. A
project was recently awarded a 5-year contract as part of the US
Army’s Vertical Lift Rotorcraft Center of Excellence (VLRCOE)
at Penn State.

Funded research continues to advance the state of the art in CFD
post-processing, visualization, and data management. SBIR contracts
executed with NASA and the US Army are already delivering results
in product directions and technology, work that directly benefits
all FIELDVIEW users.

World Class Leadership

This powerful team is lead by Earl P. N. Duque, Ph.D. He is a
widely respected researcher and developer with deep expertise in
exploring and addressing tough problems in CFD. He comes to
Intelligent Light from academia where he was a tenured Professor of
Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. Prior to his
time at the university, he was a lead in the Rotorcraft CFD
Applications group at the US Army Aeroflightdyamics Directorate
located at Ames Research Center. During that time he was awarded
the Lichten Medal from the American Helicopter Society for his
pioneering CFD studies on the helicopter rotors used on the US-101
Helicopter (the United States President’s new helicopter),
and the Army Superior Civilian Service Medal for his lead role in
the use of CFD to study aeromechanics problems on the
Apache-Longbow and Comanche Helicopters. He was one of the
principle investigators on the DARPA Helicopter Quieting Program
where he helped to architect revolutionary physics-based
aero-acoustics/aero-elastic methods to be used to design quieter
helicopters. His colleagues on that project included leading
aero-mechanics and aero-acoustics experts from Georgia Institute of
Technology and Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Duque continues
as the leading expert on the application of CFD to the study of
Wind Turbine Aeromechanics. Most recently, he has formed a funded
research effort with Sandia National Laboratory, the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pennsylvania State University to
study the aero-acoustic behavior of new wind turbine designs.
“In my 20 years in the industry, I’ve had access to
‘bleeding edge’ HPC systems. From the Cray 2 at NASA
Ames’ NAS building, to my own white box systems, and to the
latest systems at the DoD MSRCs, my computations rely upon HPC
systems,” summarizes Dr. Duque about his experience with HPC
systems.

Legensky is enthusiastic when speaking of the ARG leader.
“Dr. Duque is the ideal leader for this diverse team. His
rich expertise, broad network of collaborators, and extensive
project management experience are helping the Applied Research
Group execute high quality work that meets the needs of some of the
world’s most demanding customers. His intellect and integrity
serve the group well and the respect in the CFD community is the
result of years of productive research and effective
teamwork.”

“It is a perfect opportunity to lead an Applied Research
Group that operates at the nexus of leading edge research and the
practice of CFD,” said Duque. “The Intelligent Light
team is truly first rate and the customers have a long history of
depending on the company to deliver on its commitments. As a long
time user of FIELDVIEW myself, I am pleased to be able to perform
work that pushes the boundaries of CFD technology and benefits the
broad community of FIELDVIEW users.”

Responding to Customers and the needs of the Global CFD community

With expert team members in the US and Europe, and with new
resources coming on line in Asia-Pacific region, Intelligent Light
can support customer needs for short term implementation projects
as well as long term research ventures. The combined capabilities
of Intelligent Light’s Product Development Team and Applied
Research Group are a potent enabling force in Computational Fluid
Dynamics.

About Intelligent

Light Intelligent Light, located in Rutherford, New Jersey, was
founded in 1984 with a mission to provide the scientific and
engineering community with the best possible tools for
understanding data and communicating results. The company provides
CFD post-processing and big data visualization capability, under
the industry leading FIELDVIEW brand, to thousands of HPC users in
the aerospace, automotive and general manufacturing industries.
Their unique development team is composed of CFD experts, computer
scientists, and visualization experts focused on listening to
clients and delivering products that meet their needs.

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